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Living with Fragile X Syndrome

Time-outs

Umma | July 29, 2009

When Monkey was 2 we tried a couple of times to use “time-outs.”  They didn’t go very smoothly and they felt like a monsterous waste of time.  Two minutes to two year old Monkey was like a decade, he simply could not sit still that long and therefore his timeouts became games of cat and [...]

Monkey is a nature buff.

Umma | July 28, 2009

I don’t think I’ve mentioned a rather, uh, “interesting” fixation Monkey has developed.  It all started last summer when we first started potty training seriously.  We went to camp and sometimes we were not near a bathroom when nature called.  I improvised and found Monkey a bush or “tree” to utilize.  This probably sounds strange [...]

The fall…

Umma | July 28, 2009

I mentioned last Friday that Monkey had a fall and then forgot to tell about it. Sorry for worrying anyone. Anywho, Monkey and Cupcake were outside playing in the backyard. Cupcake looks a bit like a cartoon character when she runs, she’s 2 so her arms and legs…heck, her whole body…looks out [...]

Vacation also included some of this…

Umma | July 27, 2009

I will not tempt the potty gods but…

Umma | July 26, 2009

we are seeing a lot of this these days…all by himself, no prompting!  Even at school!